City of Quartz

In this book, Davis uses the city of Los Angeles to highlight and attack the negative consequences of a capitalist society.  He begins by debunking the myth of Los Angeles being the city where dreams are made and transitions into the complex and faulty power structure that rules LA.  He then illuminates the injustices committed against minorities and prophetically predicts (as he points out in the prologue) upheavals such as the riots after the Rodney King verdict.  With intense admiration it saddens Davis to see LA not living up to its full potential.  In order to save the city he loves (and perhaps all cities that have been plagued by extreme capitalism) he seems to be pushing for a somewhat socialist revolution that breaks down the current power structures and brings the citizens of LA together, rather than pushing them further apart.